Punam Ganesh Raut (born 14 October 1989), sometimes spelt Poonam Raut, is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team.
Career Raut is a right-handed batter and known for her batting. On 15 May 2017, in an ODI versus Ireland, Raut set a world record opening partnership of 320 runs with Deepti Sharma, contributing 109. This beat both the standing women's record of 229 (by Sarah Taylor and Caroline Atkins of England) and the standing men's record in ODIs of 286 (by Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka).
Raut was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs."Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23", ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team.
International centuries
+Test centuriesRunsMatchOpponentsCityVenueYear1302Mysore, IndiaSrikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground2014 Source: CricInfo
+One Day International centuriesRunsMatchOpponentsCityVenueYear109*42Potchefstroom, South AfricaSenwes Park201710650 Bristol, EnglandBristol County Ground2017104*71 Lucknow, IndiaBRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium2021 Source: CricInfo
See also List of centuries in women's One Day International cricket List of centuries in women's Test cricket
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